..To examine the factors related to adolescents' decisions to use the transdermal contraceptive patch (patch) so as to develop a model for understanding how adolescents decide to use new contraceptive methods...

..With careful attention to organ function, other medical problems, and concurrently prescribed medications, many transplant recipients can use safely the currently available methods of hormonal contraception...

Cross-sectional evidence for a stress-negative affect pathway to substance use among sexual minority girls

..We sought to determine the practices of physicians who prescribe for adolescents extended cycles of combined hormonal contraception, in which hormones are taken for longer than 21 days and menstruation is delayed...

..This article reviews the different modalities for menstrual suppression, common conditions in adolescents which may improve with menstrual suppression, and strategies for managing common side effects...

Ana RadovicFrom the Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA SUNY at Buffalo Department of Pediatrics, Buffalo, NY and West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WVSex Transm Dis 40:894-7. 2013

..This research lends support to public policy initiatives that reduce bullying and hate crimes because reducing victimization can have a significant impact on the health and well-being of sexual minority youth...

Provision of emergency contraception to adolescents

Melanie A GoldDivision of Adolescent Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USAJ Adolesc Health 35:67-70. 2004

The management of menstrual suppression and uterine bleeding: a survey of current practices in the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium

..Recent studies have addressed strategies for minimizing unscheduled bleeding, but further research is needed to identify how best to tailor regimens to the medical needs and preferences of individual women...